1-6 Commutative &

Associative Properties
• Commutative Property:

• In multiplication or addition problems, you

can move the numbers around, and end
up with the same answer.

34 + 55 = 89
To “Commute” means to MOVE!
I “commute” from Franklin everyday.
• Commutative Property for Multiplication

5 x 6 = 30

Remember: Commute means to

“move around” !
 • Associative Property this explains that even if
you group numbers together when adding or
multiplying, the outcome is the same.

( 4 + 7 ) + 10 = 21
Right
Now, thenow,
7 is the 7 is grouped,
“associating” “associating”
with the 10,
sowith
you the
add4,them
so you add them first.
first.
But it’s all the same because of
the “associative property”
• …And for multiplication

(3•5)4=60

3(5•4)=60